What is `^M` and how do I get rid of it? – Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

The ^M is a carriage-return character. If you see this, you’re probably looking at a file that originated in the DOS/Windows world, where an end-of-line is marked by a carriage return/newline pair, whereas in the Unix world, end-of-line is marked by a single newline. Read this article for more detail, and also the Wikipedia entry for newline. This article discusses how to set up vim to …

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